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Solar energy today

Singapore, 15th May 2014 One of the subjects that came out of the Qatar event is the increasing usage of solar power and how countries (like Qatar) with lots of sunshine could make more beneficial use of this opportunity. It … Continue reading

15. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, going green, light watch, lighting and sustainability, lighting applications, lighting of the future | 4 comments

Show me the money…

Doha- Singapore, 14th May 2014 Show me the money…was the famous catch phrase of the movie Jerry McGuire. I think we can safely say that (unfortunately) in today’s world, certainly in this era of LED technology, money is what it … Continue reading

14. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light watch, lighting and the economy, lighting applications | Leave a comment

Lighting Tech Qatar 2014

Doha, 13th May 2014 The last two days I attended Lighting Tech Qatar 2014, a conference dedicated to professional lighting and lighting design on the side lines of the huge Project Qatar Exhibition that is being held in no other … Continue reading

13. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, going green, Light & Learn, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and sustainability, lighting and the economy, lighting applications, lighting design, lighting design practice, lighting of the future, lighting standards | 2 comments

Executive travel

Doha, 12th May 2014 Yes I missed a day, but with reason…I was down with severe food poisoning and absolutely not in a shape to write anything on Friday. The perils of travel I guess…I must say that (fingers crossed) … Continue reading

13. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Scheduling

Singapore, 8th May 2014 Scheduling your time is probably one of the most challenging things in running a practice like ours. For some reason (now that I want to feel semi-retired 🙂 ) I seem to be busier then ever with … Continue reading

08. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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A liveable world?

Bandung- Singapore, 7th May 2014 Before returning to Singapore I spent some time to assess the progress of the works on site. Discussing in meetings is one thing but physically looking at what is going on is another story. Our … Continue reading

07. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Marking up

Bandung, 6th May 2014 Bandung today and tomorrow; a lovely little city (well, a few million people, third biggest city in Indonesia I am told!) nestled in the hills with a much nicer and cooler climate then Jakarta. The project … Continue reading

07. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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60!

Singapore, 5th May 2014 Aged to perfection was one of the birthday cards I received on Saturday…Well I don’t want to claim I am perfect, but age certainly brings along heaps of experience, that’s for sure. I read somewhere a … Continue reading

05. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light & Learn, light and health, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting of the future | Leave a comment

Rent-a-LED

Perth, 2nd May 2014 The story of the day at work today has to be about how LED and its lighting manufacturers are starting to high-jack the way we do our business. I met up with a local supplier this … Continue reading

02. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Test 1,2,3…

Perth, 1st May 2014 Critical for every off the shelf lighting solution is the testing or visual mock up. It has been the subject of many of my blogs and as it is a recurring part of our job I … Continue reading

01. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and the economy, lighting applications, lighting design, lighting standards | Leave a comment

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